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In late April 2017, the Ashigara along with the JS Samidare joined the US Navy's Carrier Strike Group 1 as the Strike Group moved into position off the Korean peninsula in response to escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States over the DPRK's nuclear weapons program.[2]
Ashigara and the JS Ise participated in the RIMPAC exercises in the waters around Hawaii on August 17-30, 2020.[3]
ashigara, this, article, relies, largely, entirely, single, source, relevant, discussion, found, talk, page, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, citations, additional, sources, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 2008,. This article relies largely or entirely on a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources Find sources JS Ashigara news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2008 For other ships with the same name see Japanese ship Ashigara JS Ashigara DDG 178 is an Atago class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force JMSDF Ashigara was named for Mount Ashigara and is the first Japanese ship to bear the prefix JS Japanese Ship instead of JDS Japanese Defense Ship JS Ashigara in May 2010HistoryJapanNameAshigara あしがら NamesakeMount AshigaraOrdered2003BuilderMitsubishi NagasakiLaid down6 April 2005Launched30 August 2006Commissioned13 March 2008HomeportSaseboIdentificationMMSI number 431999689 Pennant number DDG 178StatusActiveGeneral characteristicsClass and typeAtago class destroyerDisplacement7700 tons standard 10 000 tons full loadLength560 ft 170 m Beam68 9 ft 21 0 m Draft20 3 ft 6 2 m Propulsion4 Ishikawajima Harima General Electric LM2500 30 gas turbines two shafts 100 000 shaft horsepower 75 MW Speed30 knots 56 km h Range4 500 nautical miles at 20 knots 8 334 km at 37 km h Complement300Sensors and processing systemsAN SPY 1D V Armament1 5 inch 127mm L62 Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun in a stealth shaped mount Made by Japan Steel Works licensed from its original manufacturer 2 missile canister up to 8 Type 90 SSM 1B 2 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 Type 68 triple torpedo tubes 6 Mk 46 or Type 73 torpedoes 96 cell Mk 41 VLS 64 at the bow 32 cells at the stern aft for a mix of SM 2MR Standard Missile SM 3 Anti Ballistic Missile RUM 139 Vertical Launch ASROC Anti Submarine RIM 162 Evolved Sea SparrowAircraft carried1 x SH 60K helicopterShe was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki Nagasaki on April 6 2005 launched on August 30 2006 and was commissioned on 13 March 2008 Contents 1 Service 2 Gallery 3 Notes 4 External linksService editThis ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 1 In late April 2017 the Ashigara along with the JS Samidare joined the US Navy s Carrier Strike Group 1 as the Strike Group moved into position off the Korean peninsula in response to escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States over the DPRK s nuclear weapons program 2 Ashigara and the JS Ise participated in the RIMPAC exercises in the waters around Hawaii on August 17 30 2020 3 Gallery edit nbsp JS Ashigara on 3 June 2007 nbsp JS Ashigara and JS Asahi on 2 January 2017 nbsp JS Ashigara on 21 July 2017 nbsp JS Ashigara on 25 November 2017 nbsp nbsp JS Ashigara on 18 August 2020Notes edit Seawaves Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan Archived 2011 03 23 at the Wayback Machine USS Carl Vinson Strike Group Sails Towards North Korea Gung Ho Vids 28 April 2017 Archived from the original on 2021 12 21 via YouTube com JS ISE DDH 182 arrived at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii Japan Maritime Self Defence Force External links edit nbsp Media related to JS Ashigara DDG 178 at Wikimedia Commons http www globalsecurity org military world japan 7700ton htm nbsp This article about a specific military ship or boat of Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title JS Ashigara amp oldid 1217069305, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
